Dundas Harbor, Canada

Today we stopped at Dundas Harbor, another archaeological site in the far north of Canada. There was a settlement created here by the Canadian government in the early 1900's to show that Canada was inhabiting the area. They then resettled a small population of Inuit people to live here. The settlement did not last long due to the harsh winters and supply delivery once a year. There are a few of the original buildings still standing but noone lives here now.
First thing that the expedition team did was to look for polar bears on the shore. They thought that there were 2 of them, but they turned out to be Arctic Hares. Scott and a few others with binoculars thought that they were polar bears, but they turned to the 'Hare Bears'. They expedition team went on shore and scoped out the landing site to make sure everything was safe. If there was even a single polar bear sighting we could not land or have any excursions due to safety concerns. Even the zodiacs and kayaks could be cancelled since the bears are fast swimmers.
We had a wet landing on the shore and walked around what is left of the settlement. There was also an archaeological team on the land opposite where we were. They visited out expedition team and gave our archaeologist some artifacts that they found to take back for cataloging and further review since they prove that the Inuit people settled in this region centuries ago.Read more